Young people who are sexually abused by someone they love are through that trauma robbed of something essential that those never so betrayed keep intact with them throughout their lives: their ability to trust in themselves to know when they are safe and when they are not. The lesson abused kids learn is that in [Read More...]

Got in the letter below. I answer following it. Dear John, I am currently in a relationship with another female. We have been together for a year now. She comes from a very conservative Christian background. She is in a constant battle with God over being in an intimate relationship with a female. She has [Read More...]

A person, a company: They’ve been judged the same! (Dad, Pastor, Investor … what’s in a name?) But women? Still property: men’s vassals, mere fools. For proof ask the men who still write all the rules. So my friend Dan Wilkinson made this of that: [Read more...]

“UNFAIR: Christians and the LGBT Question,” by John Shore

"The touching, brave, and frequently heartbreaking letters in UNFAIR should be required reading for any Christian who claims that gay people can’t also be Christians–and for LGBT people who feel there’s some conflict between their sexual orientations or gender identities and their faith." — Dan Savage, "It Gets Better," "American Savage." Read more about UNFAIR.

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